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To recap: I inquired if anyone else had worn dog tags (military style with ID info) during the 50s-60s. Several replied that they too had been issued these tags for ID if/when the bomb was dropped on the US. The following states were mentioned as areas in which the school purchased these tags for students to wear: Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, NY City, Indiana, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Carolina, Wisconsin. Two persons responded with memory of disk with name only on these. It think this was just a fashion as were ID bracelets. I did not include these in my tally. The dog tags had name, address, parents name and religious affiliation. They were rectangular. A couple of people wrote to tell me how much they laughed at the story/idea. While it is somewhat amusing, for me it was very serious then. We lived near Houston, Tx. and we were often reminded that the shipping port and oil refineries would be major targets. I was bussed to a school 15 miles from home for HS (my rural home town was too small for a HS). The Cuban Missle Crisis day was terrifying for me. We were called into an assembly and the principal informed everyone of the danger; then we were sent back to classes. I mentally tried to devise a safe route home (one where I could dart from bridge to bridge or ditch culbert to ditch culbert). I soon realized that there would be no way for me to get home safely and it was a useless excercise. In later years I realized that if it had happened, I really wouldn't be around to worry about hiding from radiation! The really amusing thing is that I never remember doing the duck and cover drill! Surely we MUST have done that if we were wearing tags etc.! ......In stating this, I feel OLD. How my life has changed. For years I was terrified "The Russians will get us," and now, I have visited Russia, picniced with Russian friends at a major battle site, and hosted Russian kids in my home..I much prefer NOW than then! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!! -- Mary Ludwick ludwick@swbell.net (home) ludwickm@lewisville.isd.tenet.edu (school) Librarian, Owen Elem.,The Colony, Texas Lewisville ISD(north of Dallas) K-5 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=